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My  Brethren, 

WE  are  convened  on  a  ferlous  and  aw- 
ful occafion.  For  many  years  our  nation  "  dwelt 
fafely,  every  one  under  his  vine  and  under  his  fig- 
tree."--Thofe  years  are  gone.— The  found  of  the 
trumpet,  and  the  alarm  of  war,  are  now  heard  in  our 
land.  New  fcenes  are  opening :  fcenes  in  which  our 
earthly  interells  and  hopes  are  deeply  involved,  and 
the  termination  of  which  no  human  eye  can  fee. 

"  The  wide,  th'  unbounded  profpeft  lies  liefore"  us ; 
M  But  (hadows,  clouds,  and  darknefs,  reft  upon  it.'* 

At  fuch  a  time  as  this,  what  fliould  we  do,  but 
refort  to  the  God  of  our  fathers  ?  To  his  houfe  we 
have  been  called  this  day  j  in  his  holy  and  dread  pre- 
fence  we  are  affembled.  And,  my  Brethren,  we  are 
here,  not  "  forftrifeand  debate"-— not  to  agitate  quef- 
tions  which  divide  and  diftraft  the  nation— not  to  ex- 
amine the  public  meafures  which  have  brought  us  to 
the  prefent  conjunfture— not  to  applaud,  or  to  tocen- 
lure,  any  clafs  of  men,  or  fyftem  of  policy ;  but  to 
cpnfider  how  we  ftand  in  relation  to  the  great  Sove- 
reign of  the  world,  to  contemplate  our  concerns  as, 
under  his  adminiftration,  to  view  things  in  the  light 
of  his  law  and  truth,  and  to  commit  ourfelves,  our 
families  and  our  country  to  his  care.  Here  then,  our 
psfllons  ihould  be  huflied  j  our  prejudices  fliould  be 
difmiffed  j  opprobrious  names  and  odious  diftincT:ions 
fliould  be  forgotten  ;  finifter  views  and  worldly  ihflu- 
cpces  fhould  be  abjured.  Our  bufinefs  is  with  Him 
in  whofe  holy  « fight,  that  which  is  highly  efteem- 
ed  among  men  is  abomination."  And  if  here,  in  the 
fljade  of  his  fanctuary,  at  the  foot  of  his  throne,  un- 
difturbed  by  the  ftrife  and  tumult  of  the  world,  we 
can  fpend  but  one  hour  in  fpber  reflexion,  it  may 
turn  to  fubftantial  and  lalling  good. 


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For  myielf,  Httle  difpofed  as  !  have  always  been, 
never  was  I  lefs  difpoled,  than  at  this  moment,  to 
difturb  your  minds,  or  to  heighten  your  excitements, 
in  regard  to  points  which  hav>?  engaged  the  paffiona 
of  the  country  in  long  and  fearful  conflict.  Were  the 
indulgence  admiffible,  I  could  utter  the  feelings  of  my 
heart  in  the  language  of  the  pious  poet  :• 

««  Oh  for  a  lodge  in  feme  vaft  wildernefs, 

«•  Some  boundiefs  contiguity  of  Jlnde, 

*'  Where  ruir.our  of  oppreflion  and  deceit, 

*'  Of  unfuccfjfsful  or  fuccefsful  war, 

f«  Might  never  reach  me  more.     My  ear  is  patn'd, 

*'  My  foul  is  fick,  with  every  day's  report 

*'  Of  wrong  and  outrage  with  which  earth  is  fill'd. 

*«  There  is  nc  flefh  in  man's  obdurate  heart, 

*'  It  does  not  feel  for  man  ;  the  natural  bond 

•*  Of  brotheihood  is  fever'd  as  the  flax 

•«  That  falls  -^funder  at  the  touch  of  fire." 

But  I  muft  ftand  in  my  lot.  I  hear  the  voice  of 
God:  "Son  of  man,  I  have  made  thee  a  watchman 
unto  tlje  houfe  of  Ifrael :  therefore  hear  the  word  at 
my  mouth,  and  give  them  warning  from  me."  This 
voice  I  muft  obey.  The  fnoral  afpeds  of  the  times  I 
muft  faithfully  reprefent,  I  muft  declare  to  you  the 
law  and  the  truth  of  Jehovah  ;  I  muft  difplay  before 
you  the  glories  and  the  terrors  of  his  holy  majefty  and 
government ;  1  muft  proclaim  in  your  ears  the  fins 
and  the  dangers  of  our  land,  and  point  you  to  the 
v/ay  of  fafety  and  peace. — A  facred  text  fuitablc  tq 
my  prefent  purpofe  may  be  found  in 


Psalm  lx.  i — 4. 
O  God,  thou   hast   cast    us    off,   thou    hast 

SCATTERED  US,  THOU  HAST  BEEN  DISPLEASED; 
O  TURN  THYSELF  TO  U3  AGAIN.  ThOU  HAST 
MADE  THE  EARTH  TO  TREMBLE  ;  THOU  HAST 
BROKEN  IT  :  HEAL  THE  BREACHES  THEREOF  J  FOR 
IT  SHAKETH.  ThOU  HAST  SHEWl  O  THY  PEOPLE 
HARD    THINGS  J     THOU    HAST    MADE  US    TO  DRINK 

*   Cow  PER. 


•the  WINF  OF  ASTONISHMENT.  ThOU  HAST  GlVElf 
A  UANNER  TO  THKM  THAT  FEAR  THEE,  THAT  IT 
MAY  BE  DISPLAYED  BECAUSE  OF    THE  TRUTH. 

THIS  Pfalm  appears  to  have  been  compofed  and  fung, 
on  feme  public  and  folemn  occafion,  foon  after  David 
had  come  to  the  throne  of  all  Ifrael.  In  the  latter 
part  of  the  reign  of  Saul,  who,  for  feveral  years,  was 
more  intent  on  purfuing  his  hatred  againft  David, 
than  on  feeking  the  welfare  of  his  kingdom,  the  nation 
fuffered  greatly  by  internal  divifions,  and  by  foreign 
incurfions.  At  the  time  of  Saul's  death,  his  army 
was  overthrown,  and  Jfrael  was  fcattered  and  difmay- 
cd.  During  the  fliort  reign  of  Ifhbolhcth  his  fon, 
the  divifion  of  the  nation  into  two  kingdoms,  and  the 
bloody  civil  war  which  enfued,  occafioned  heavy  ca- 
lamities, and  made  the  land  to  tremble.  And  when 
David  vras  crowned  king  over  all  Ilrael,  the  natioa 
was  ftill  mourning  and  fhaking,  for  the  diflifters  which 
it  had  fuftained,  and  the  wars  with  which  it  was 
threatened.  Thefe  deplorable  fcenes  the  infpired  king, 
in  this,  Pfalm,  depicts  and  laments.  But  in  contem- 
plating them,  he  rifes  above  all  human  agencies,  and 
views  the  whole  as  under  the  fovereign  providence  of 
God.  Thou  haji  fcattered  us  ; — thou  hajl  made  the 
earth  to  tremble  ;  thou  hajl  broken  it ; — riiou  hajl  jhew- 
ed  thy  people  hard  things  ;  thou  hajl  made  us  to  drink  the 
•wine  of  ajlonijhment. 

Viewing  thofe  calamities  as  brought  upon  the  land 
under  the  adminiftration  of  God,  he  regarded  tiicm, 
with  profound  humility  and  awe,  as  tokens  of  God's 
difpleafurc.  0  God,  thou  haJi  caji  us  cff;~1hou  hofi 
been  difpleafed.—^wx.  while  he  bows  before  the  oivcndcd 
Majefty  of  Heaven,  with  holy  fear;  he  does  not  yield 
to  defpondency.  With  hope  in  the  divine  mercy,  he 
fervently  prays,  0  turn  thyfelf  to  us  again  ; —heal  the 
breaches  of^  the  land.  And  his  hope  is  encouraged  by 
prefent  evidence  of  the  divine  faithfulnefs.  Ihou  hajl 
given  a  banner  to  them  that  fear  thee,  that  it  may  is  dif 
played  becaufe  of  the  truth.  In  bringing  David  to  the 
throne,  according  to  his  promife,  to  be  the  foflering 


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to  the  nation  ;  a  banner  to  be  difplayed,  as  a  demon- 
firation  of  his  truth,  and  an  indication  of  the  way  in 
which  they  might  expecl  his  favour,  and  afluredly 
j&nd  peace. 

Confentaneous  with  thefe  views  and  fentiments  of 
;incient  and  infpired  piety,  are  the  views  and  fenti- 
ments  with  which,  at  this  time,  our  minds,  my  bre- 
tliren,  ihould  be  deeply  imprelTed.— I  flidll  therefore 
endeavour  to  fliew, 

I.     That  God  is  difpleafed  with  this  nation.  . 

IL    That  there  is  great  reafon  for  his  difpleafure. 

HI.  That  it  is  moil  highly  important  to  us,  that 
we  obtain  the  return  of  his  favour.  And, 

IV.  That  we  have  reafon  to  hope,  that  the  return 
of  his  favour  may  be  obtained. 

First,  then.  Gad  is  difpleafed  with  this  nation.—* 
"Who  cgin  doubt  this  ? — 

He  has  done  great  things  for  us.  With  an  out., 
firctched  arm,  he  brought  our  fathers  over  the  Atlan- 
tic, drove  out  the  heathen  before  them,  and  planted 
them  in  this  land.  He  fipiled  upon  them,  and  they 
uicreafcd  to  a  numerous  people.  When  our  rights 
were  infringed  by  our  parent  country,  he  took  us  by 
the  hand,  and,  with  many  fignal  difplays  of  his  power 
and  goodnefs,  conducted  u^  through  the  perils  of  an 
eight  years  war,  and  eftabliftied  us  at  length  in  inde- 
pendence and  peace.  Afterwards,  for  the  fecurity  of 
our  rights  and  privileges,  and  efpecially  for  theprofpe- 
rity  of  our  commerce,  it  was  feen  to  be  necclfary  to 
ftrengthen  the  union  of  thefe  fovereign  States,  and  to 
give  to  the  whole  a  common  intereft,  and  a  national 
capacity  and  character.  He  favoured  the  defign ;  and 
a  federal  conflitution,  combiriing  the  wiljdom  of  ages, 
and  admirably  fuited  to  its  important  purpofes,  was 
adopted.  That  was  the  epoch  of  our  national  matu- 
rity :  and  at  that  epoch  it  might  well  have  been  faid, 
"  What  one  nation  in  the  earth  is  like  this  people, 
whom  God  went  to  redeem  for  a  people  to  himfelf, 
and  to  make  him  a  name,  and  to  do  for  us  great 
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Defignated,  by  the  finger  of  Providence,  as  tluj 
people  of  Heaven's  peculiar  favour,  tJie  fubfequcnt 
events  of  our  hiftory,  for  a  fcries  of  years,  were  an- 
fWerable  to  the  high  defignation.     Our  national  prof- 
peri  ty  was   beyond  all  parallel,  excepting  in  fomc 
bright    periods    of    the   hiflory    of   ancient    Ifrael. 
Our   commerce,    that  principal  objecT:  of  •  the  fede- 
ral compaa:,  blell  with  the  fmiles  of  Heaven,  quick- 
ly whitened  every  fea,  and  extended  itfelf  to  every 
fhore ;  and,   through  its  thoufand  channels,  wealth 
flowed  in  upon  us  with  a  conftant  tide,  from  all  parts 
of  the  globe.     The  national  treafury  was  replenifli- 
cid,  public  credit  was  redeemed  and  cftablifhed,  and 
all  clafTes  of  the  community  were  relieved  and  enrich- 
ed,    x-^griciiltiiralifts,  mechanicks  and  manufacturers 
found  ample  employment,  and  their  various  labours, 
ample  reward.     Our  forefts  were  turned  into  fruitful 
fields  J  the  feveral  departments  of  life  and  of  fociety, 
eitiuloufly  rofe  on  the  fcale  of  improvement ;  fcience 
ahd  literature  felt  and  acknowledged  the  general  im- 
prulfe ;  and  our  country,  in  its  whole  extent,  prefented 
o^e  fcene  of  aftivity,  plenty,  and  joy.— Such  was  our 
ftate,  while  the  God  of  our  fathers  fmiled  on  our  land. 
-^But  the  fcene  is  changed. — 

Commerce,  whofe  influent  tide  gave  motion  to  the 
whole  vaft  machinery  of  our  profperity,  by  check  af- 
tdr  check,  has  been  reprcffed,  until  its  tide  has  almoft 
ceafed.  Our  fliips  and  our  merchandize  have  been  feiz- 
ed,  and  confifcated  j  or  burnt,  or  funk,  or  held  in  re- 
fltaint.  Our  mariners,  taken  by  force  or  fraud,  have 
been  immured  in  foreign  prifons,  compelled  to  enter  on 
board  belligerent  fliips,  or  turned  upon  the  world, 
dcftitute  and  forlorn,  in  diftant  and  unfriendly  climes. 
Hundreds  of  families,  lately  in  affluence  or  eafy  com- 
petence, are  reduced  to  poverty  or  diftrefling  embar- 
ra'flment.  Thoufarids  of  individuals  lately  in  full  and 
lucrative  employ,  are  flopped  in  their  feveral  occupa. 
tions,  and  know  not  what  to  fet  themfelves  about. 
The  fpirit  of  fair  and  laudable  enterprlfe  is  checked  j 
the  vigour  of  honeft  and  generous  adlivity  is  palfied. 
Dlfmay  aiid  diflrefs  pervade  our  maritime  towns. 


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and  thence  are  communicated  to  all  parts  of  our  coun* 
try.  No  claft  of  the  community,  no  department  of 
foclcty,  but  feels  the  fliock. — All  this,  my  brethren, 
is  under  the  providence  of  God,  and  is  a  fure  indica- 
tion of  his  difpleafure.— But  this  is  not  all. 

We  are  a  divided  people  :— the  effedls  of  our  divl- 
fions  are  deplorable,  and  the  afpccls  of  them  are  fear- 
ful.    "  Where  envying  and  urife  is,  there  is  confufion, 
and  every  evil  work."     This  divine  aphorifm  is  aw- 
fully verified  in  our  land.     Our  divifions  arc  infinite- 
ly more  to  be  deplored,  than  the  adverfity  which  we 
feel,  in  regard  to  our  temporal  wealth.     They  difturb 
the  peace  and  impair  the  happinefs  of  every  depart- 
ment of  fociety  ;  not  excepting  the  domeftick  circle, 
nor  even  the  facred  enclofure  of  the  church  of  God. 
They  rcprefs  the  focial  affections ;  they  blaft  the  chari- 
ties and  courtefies  of  life  ;  they  violate,  and  almoll  fe- 
rer  the  ties  of  facred  friendfhip,  and  of  chriftian  bro- 
therhood.    They  produce  chilling  alienations,  unfleep- 
ing  jcaloufies,  bitter  animofities,  implacable  hatreds. 
They  injure  the  reputations,  and  hinder  the  ufefulnefs 
of  individuals,  and  of  whole  claflTes  of  men  ;  fparing 
no  age,  nor  condition,   nor  ftation,   nor  character. 
Under  their  baleful  influence,  we  wofuUy  know  the 
import  of  the  prediction,  "  The  people  fliall  be  op- 
preircd,  every  one  by  another,  and  every  one  by  his 
neighbour;    the  child  ihall   behave  himfelf  proudly 
againil  the  ancient,  and  the  bafe  againft  the  honoura- 
ble."    And  under  the  fame  influence,  every  publick 
defign,  however  ufeful,  however  benevolent,  however 
religious,  becomes  an  objeft  of  jealoufy  ;  every  effort 
of  publick  fpirit,  every  confpicuous  attempt  to  good, 
is  fare  to  be  oppofed. 

Yes,  my  brethren,  our  divifions  fpread  through  the 
Ivnd  an  influence,  every  where  to  be  felt,  which  ads 
Vvith  the  malignity  of  a  confuming  curfe. — Their  evils 
are  endlels. — They  call  into  aftion  all  the  bad  pafllons 
of  our  nature  ;  they  lever  the  bands  of  fociety  ;  they 
bre;\k  down  the  barriers  of  virtue ;  they  poifon  the 
fources  of  enjoyment ;  they  obftruft  the  enterprifes 
of  benevolence  j  they  viglate  the  fan<^ity  of  all  that  is 


but 


/ 


facrcd ;  they  fliake  not  only  thfc  pillars,  but  the  very 
foundations  of  the  Republick.— Yet  thefe,  alfo,  are  un- 
der  the  providence  of  God :  and  what  furer  token 
could  we  have  of  his  holy  dlfpleafure  ? 

Connefted  with  this  ia  another  token,  too  confpicU- 
ous  and  too  awful  to  be  paffed  unnoticed.  An  in- 
fatuation of  mind,  as  evident  as  it  is  deplorable,  pre- 
vails in  our  country.  Infatuation  naturally  and  ne- 
ceffarily  refults  from  the  prevalence  of  the  evil  paf- 
fions.  When  thefe  paflions  prevail,  people  will  not  fo- 
berljr  cxercife  their  undcrftandings,  and  their  minds 
are  mfatuatcd  of  courfe.  And  this  infatuation,  firft 
'  he  efFeft  of  the  paflions,  afterwards  becomes  a  Caufe 
of  excitement  to  them.  It  always  views  things  in  a 
deceptive  light ;  and  fuel  for  the  paflions  is  what  it 
perpetually  leeks. 

Does  any  one  doubt  that  fuch  an  infatuation  pre- 
vails ?  If  it  does  not,  what  reafon  can  be  afllgned  for 
the  irreconcilable  difagreement,  regarding  almoft  eve- 
ry thing  ?— regarding,  not  matters  of  fpeculation  on- 
ly, but  matters  of  facT:,— matters  open  to  public  view, 
and  capable  of  being  mod  perfedly  afcertained.  Why- 
is  It,  that  what  one  affirms,  another  is  fure  to  deny  f 
that  what  one  believes,  another  is  fure  to  difbelieve  ? 
that  what  one  receives  and  holds  as  moft  important, 
another  cannot  with  patience,  even  hear  mentioned  ? 
-—I  aflign  this  infatuation  to  no  party,  to  no  clafs : 
but  that  it  exifts,  that  it  moft  fearfuUy  prevails,  no 
one  can  doubt,  who  is  not  himfelf,  in  the  higheft  de- 
gree,  under  its  influence. 

_  It  is  an  old  adage,  «  Whom  God  will  deftroy,  he  in- 
fatuates ;"  and  the  adage  is  warranted  by  the  facred 
oracles.— y/jow  haji  made  us  to  drink  the  wine  of  q/io- 
niJhment.^When  the  people  of  Ifrael  fupported  Saul 
whom  God  had  rejefted ;  when,  to  pleafe  him,  they 
concurred  in  perfecuting  David,  who  was  the  Lord** 
anomted,  and  worthy  of  their  higheft  efteem  and  con- 
fi^ence ;  and  when,  after  Saul's  death,  they  adhered  to 
Ifliboflieth,  and  engaged  in  war  againft  David,  in  di- 
rect oppofition  to  the  declared  will  of  God  ;  then  it 
was,  that  they  were  filled  with  the  wine  of  siftoaiili. 


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mcnt,  were  intoxicated,  were  infatuated.  This  wine  of 
aftonilhment,  or  fpirit  of  infatuation,  is  often  mention- 
ed in  the  divine  threatenings  againft  guilty  nations,* 
**  Take  the  wine-cup  of  this  fury  at  my  hands,"  faid 
Jehovah  to  Jeremiah,  "  and  caufe  all  the  nations  to 
whom  I  fend  thee  to  drink  it;  and  they  Jhall  drinks 
and  be  moved,  and  be  mad"\  Efpecially,  according  to 
divine  predi(aion,  the  nations,  adhering  to  the  great 
ten  horned  Beaft  of  the  Apocalypfe,  in  the  laft  times 
of  his  power,  are  to  drink  of  this  infatuating  cup,  to 
the  moft  defperate  intoxication. — ^Do  we,  then,  par- 
take of  it  in  this  land  ? — and  can  we  doubt  whether 
we  are  under  the  Divine  difpleafure ! 

The  token  laft  to  be  mentioned  is  the  prefent  w  ar.— 
No  perfon,  ferioufly  converfant  with  the  divine  oracles, 
can  difbelieve  that  war,  whether  defenfive  pr^  offen- 
five,  juft  or  unjuft,  expedient  or  inexpedient,  is  a  to- 
ken of  the  Divine  difpleafure.  It  is  one  of  God's  ex- 
prefsly  appointed  judgments,  for  the  punifhmcnt  of 
guilty  nations. 

What  courfe  this  war  is  to  take,  how  long  it  is  to 
continue,  or  what  is  to  be  its  iffue,  is  known  only  to 
Him,  who  has  nations  with  their  rulers  in  his  hands. 
This,  however,  we  know,  that  war  cannot  exift  with- 
out calamity.  **  Every  battle  of  the  warrior  is  with 
confufed  noife,  and  garments  rolled  in  blood."  Eve- 
ry march  of  an  army  is  with  terror  and  devaftation. 
But  the  carnage  of  battles  and  the  ravage  of  march- 
es—the deftruftion  of  life  and  of  property,  by  land 
and  by  fea — the  lamentations  of  widows  and  orphans, 
and  the  diftrefs  of  ruined  families — the  diminution  or 
cxcifion  of  the  fources  of  national  and  individual 
wealth — the  preffure  of  neceifary  taxes  and  contribu- 
tions, and  the  confequent  privations,  embarraffments, 
and  fufFerings :— Thefe  are  not  the  only  evils  of  war. 

"  From  whence  come  wars  and  fightings  among 
you  ?  Come  they  not  hence,  even  of  your  lufts  that 
war  in  your  members  ?  Ye  luft,  and  have  not :  ye 
kill,  and  defire  to  have,  and  cannot  obtain  :  ye  fight 

*  See  Patrick  and  Scott  on  die  UiU     f  Jer.  zxt.  15. 


ilCStfB!" 


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itions,^ 
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ions  to 
/  drinky 
ding  to 
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cup, to 
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ivhether 

WAR,.— 

oracles, 
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mcnt  of 

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only  to 
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ifTments, 

of  war. 

among 
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11 

md  war,  yet  ye  have  not,  becaufe,  ye  aflc  not."  So' 
i^eaks  the  divine  oracle. — ^Pride,  ambition,  avarice, 
hatred,  revenge ;  thcfe  and  the  kindred  lufts  and  paf- 
fions  of  our  depraved  nature  are  the  inftigators  and 
fomentors  of  war.  But  commenced  and  profecuted, 
with  thefe  lufts  and  paffions,  what  will  not  war  do  ? 
It  will  not  heiitate  to  trample  on  all  the  laws  of  God, 
and  rights  of  men.  Utterly  contemning  the  divine 
precept  to  love  others  as  ourfelves,  to  love  even  our 
enemies,  it  glories  in  hatred  and  revenge,  and  offers 
every  incentive  to  the  thirft  for  plunder  and  for  blood. 
Of  all  the  evils,  indeed,  refulting  from  war,  its  moral 
efFefts  and  confequences  are  the  moft  to  be  deplored. 
Hundreds  and  thoufands,  called  away  from  the  ordi- 
nary occupations  of  life,  from  the  bofom  of  virtuous 
fociety,  from  the  means  of  moral  and  religious  inftruc- 
tion,  are  devoted  to  purfuits  in  which  every  corrupt 
propenfity  finds  encouragement,  are  placed  in  the  way 
of  every  temptation  to  vice  and  impiety,  and  are  de- 
luded with  an  imaginary  difpenfation  from  the  laws 
of  morality  and  religion.  A  hideous  mafs  of  corrup- 
tion is  embodied ;  the  contagion  fpreads  uncontrola- 
bly  and  without  bounds ;  and  a  general  diffolution 
of  morals  and  manners  enfues. 

But  while  contemplating  war  with  its  endlefs  evils, 
as  a  token  of  the  divine  difpleafure,  we  ought  not  to 
forget  the  peculiarly  portentous  afpefts  of  the  prefent 
age  and  ftate  of  the  world.  No  enlightened  believer 
in  the  divine  oracles  can  doubt,  that  the  times  in 
which  we  live  are  eminently  times  of  God's  vengeance 
and.recompence  on  guilty  nations: — the  "perilous 
times"  fo  often  mentioned,  and  fo  awfully  defcribed, 
in  prophetic  fcripture.  For  years,  we  have  viewed 
with  amazement  the  tremendous  fcenes,  exhibited  on 
the  theatre  of  Europe,  and  congratulated  ourfelves  on 
our  remotenefs  from  them.  That  terrifick  drama  is 
proceeding ;  and  it  will  proceed,  until  its  cataftrophe 
Ihall  be  developed,  in  "  the  battle  of  the  great  day  of 
God  Almighty."  After  having  been  long  fpared  in 
divine  mercy,  we  are  at  length  drawn  into  the  direful 
conflift  J  and  no  man  can  tell  how  deeply  we  are  to 


I 


13 

be  involved,  or  what  is  to  be  our  ultimate  deftiny  !— • 
Surely,  my  brethren,  God  is  difpleafed  with  this  n&« 
tion. — And, 

II.  There  is  great  reafon  for  his  difpleafure. — ^^  Ah, 
£nful  nation,  a  people  laden  with  iniquity,  a  race  of 
evil  doers,  children  degenerate!  we  have  forfaken 
Jehovah,  we  have  provoked  the  Holy  One  unto  an- 
ger, we  are  gone  away  backward." 

As  a  people,  we  have  been  ungrateful.  We  have 
not  remembered  '*  God  our  Rock,  and  the  high  God 
our  Redeemer."  We  have  not  rendered  unto  him 
according  to  the  benefits  which  we  have  received ;  but 
we  have  abufed  his  bleffings,  and  confumed  them  on 
our  lufts.  We  have  "  waxed  fat,  and  kicked." — We 
have  been  a  worldly  people.  Exceffive  love  of  the 
world  has  ftrongly  marked  our  general  charafter ;  has 
given  to  us  a  prominent  feature,  by  which  we  have 
been  dillinguiihed,  and  for  which  we  have  been  re- 
proached, among  the  nations. — And  we  have  been  a 
proud,  a  vain  people.  We  have  been  vain  of  our  li- 
berties and  privileges,  vain  of  our  increafing  wealth 
and  general  profpcrity,  vain  of  our  fuppofed  know- 
ledge and  goodnds. 

Praifing  ourfelves,  perpetually,  as  the  wifeft  and 
moft  virtuous  people  on  earth,  we  have  been  deluded 
into  a  moil  dangerous  covfuknce  vmS.  fecurity.  In  the 
vanity  of  our  minds,  we  have  imagined  ourfelves  fe- 
cure  from  the  dangers  and  difafterf;  of  other  nations ; 
and  have  refufed  to  take  warning  from  the  fallen  re- 
publicks  of  ancient  and  modern  times.  And  have  we 
not  refufed  to  take  warning,  even  from  the  oracle  of 
Heaven  ?  Though  "  the  God  of  Ifrael  hath  feid,  and 
the  Rock  of  Ifrael  hath  fpoken.  He  that  ruleth  over 
men  muft  be  juft,  ruling  in  the  fear  of  God  >"  have 
we  not  ventured  to  contemn  this  divine  maxim  ? 
Though  "  the  wicked  "  fliould  "  bear  rule  "  over  us  ; 
have  we  not  believed  that,  wife  and  good  as  ive  are, 
our  "  land  "  would  not  "  mourn  ?"  And,  while  com- 
plimenting ourfelves  as  a  religious  people,  have  we 
not  been  wakefuUyjealous,  left  religion  and  its  inftitu- 
tions  ihould  abridge  our  liberties,   and  have   too 


if 


It 

much  influence  on  our  concerns?  And  hence,  in# 
ftead  of  taking  our  maxims  from  the  word  of  God, 
and  the  found  experience  of  ages ;  have  we  not  ta- 
ken  them  rather  from  the  infidious  infidels  of  thefc 
laft  times,  whofe  great  objeft  has  been  to  "crush** 
religion,  and  rid  the  world  of  its  reftraints  ? 

Jehovah  has  exprefely  informed  us,  that  the  /r^- 
nation  of  thefabbath  was  a  principal  reafon  of  his  dif* 
pleafure  againft  Ifrael,  and  of  their  being  given  into 
the  hands  of  the  Affyrians  and  Babylonians :  but  we 
have  difregarded  the  warning.    The  profanation  of 
the  fabbath  is  a  public  and  a  crying  fin  of  our  land  j 
a  fin  by  which  we  are  conftantly  provoking  the  Holy- 
One  of  Ifrael  unto  anger — ^Did  the  land  of  Ifrael 
mourn,  «  becaufe  oi /wearing  ?"    Who  then  can  paft 
through  our  ftrcets,  and  not  feel  at  his  heart,  that 
God  has  reafon  to  be  difpleafed  with  us !    How  many 
mouths  in  our  land  are  continually  open  againft  Hea- 
ven, uttering  the  moft  horrid  blafphemies,  and  auda. 
cioufly  invoking  damnation  on  themfelves  and  all 
around  them  i-— Lying  alfo,  vmd gander,  were  among 
the  provocations,  by  which  the  people  of  Ifrael  brought 
down  upon  themfelves  the  vengeance  of  «  Him  who 
cannot  lie.'*    But,  my  brethren,  if  the  criminations 
and  recriminations  which  we  every  day  read  and  hear 
are  juft,  the  people  of  this  land  are  all  liars  and  flan- 
derers!    How  far  this  is  true,  it  behoves  every  one 
moft  ferioufly  to  confider.      Certainly,  however,  it 
would  feem  to  have  been  adopted  as  a  maxim  in  this 
country,  that  lying  for  certain  purpofes  is  juftifiable, 
and  even  commendable  ;    and  that  a  faMehood  once 

uttered,  Ihould  never  be  retraced "  Wo  unto  them 

that  call  evil  good,  and  good  evil ,-  that  put  darkne/s  for 
light,  and  light  for  darkne/s  ;  that  put  bitter  for  fweet, 
and/weet  for  bitter  P*-^^^  Wo  unto  them  that  are  mighty 
to  drink  wine,  and  men  o//lrength  to  mingle  fir ong  drink  : 
that  ju/iify  the  vjicked  for  a  reward,  and  take  away  the 
righteou/ne/s  o/the  righteous  from  him  /" 

"  In  the  laft  days,"  fays  the  Spirit  of  prophecy,  «  pe- 
rilous times  fliall  come.  For  men  fhall  be  lovers  of 
their  owafelves}  covetous,  boafters,  proud,  blafphe. 


"y 


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I 

4 


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u 

mers,  difobcdient  to  parents,  unthankful,  unholy, 
without  natural  afFeftion,  truce  breakers,  falfe  accu- 
fers,  incontinent,  fierce,  defpifers  of  thofe  that  are 
good,  traitors,  heady,  high  minded,  lovers  of  pleafurcs 
more  than  lovers  of  God ;  having  a  form  of  godlinefs, 
but  denying  the  power  thereof."  This  awful  defcrip- 
tion  comprifes  all  manner  of  wickednefs ;  yet  to  what 
a  fearful  extent  is  even  this  defcription  applicable  to 
the  prefent  generation  of  this  land !  Who  can  make 
the  application,  in  the  extent  to  which  it  will  obvioufly 
go,  and  not  feel  the  blood  chill  to  his  heart  !— No 
wonder,  my  brethren,  that  God  is  difpleafed  with  thif 
nation. — But, 

III.    It  is  moft  highly  important  for  us,  that  we 
obtain  the  return  of  his  favour. 

««  Thine,  O  Lord,  is  the  greatnefs,  and  the  power, 
and  the  glory,  and  the  viftory,  and  the  majefty :  for 
all  that  is  in  the  heaven,  and  in  the  earth,  is  thine ; 
thine  is  the  kingdom,  O  Lord,  and  thou  art  exalted 
as  head  above  all.  Both  riches  and  honour  come  of 
thee,  and  thou  reigneft  over  all ;  and  in  thine  hand  i» 
power  and  might ;  and  in  thine  hand  it  is  to  make 
great,  and  to  give  ftrength  unto  all."  This  devout 
acknowledgment  was  made  by  David,  at  the  clofe  of 
his  long  and  profperous  reign  ;  and  the  fentiments  of 
it  fhould  evermore  dwell  m  the  hearts  of  all  rulers 
and  people.  In  this  view  of  God,  a  nation,  as  well 
as  an  individual,  has  every  thing  to  fear  from  his  dif- 
pleafure,  and  every  thing  to  hope  from  his  favour. 
«  Bleffed  is  that  people  whofe  God  is  Jehovah  :'*  but 
when  once  he  "  rifes  out  of  his  place"  to  puniih  a 
perverfe  nation,  deplorable  indeed  muft  the  condition 
of  that  nation  be,  until  he  reft  from  his  anger.  If, 
my  brethren,  our  prefent  calamities  are  from  his  dif- 
pleafure,  muft  they  not  continue,  and  even  increafe, 
until  he  turn  himfelf  to  us  again  ? 

Is  the  adverfity  of  the  times,  in  regard  to  our  tem- 
poral interefts,  a  token  of  his  difpleafure  ?  How  thea 
can  we  expect  a  change  for  the  better,  fo  long  as  his 
difpleafure  towards  us  continues  ?  Should  we  not  ra- 
ther expeft  this  adverfity,  with  the  various  embarrafi. 


»  * 


unholy, 
fe  accu- 
hat  are 
ileafurcs 
^dlinefs, 
defcrip- 
to  what 
cable  to 
in  make 
bvioufly 
:t !— No 
vith  thit 

that  we 

5  power, 
fty:  for 
is  thine ; 
t  exalted 
come  of 
!  hand  is 
to  make 
s  devout 
:  clofe  of 
ments  of 
all  rulers 
,  as  well 
n  his  dif- 
s  favour, 
ih:"  but 
puniih  a 
:ondition 
iger.     If, 
n  his  dif- 
increafe, 

our  tem- 
iow  thea 
ng  as  his 
ve  not  ra- 
imbarraiTo 


15 

ments  and  diftreffes  refultingfrom  it,  to  become  more 
and  more  infupportable  ? 

Are  our  civil  divifions  a  token  of  his  difpleafure  ? 
What  then  are  we  to  expeft,  if  he  do  not  turn  himlelf 
to  us  again  ?  The  ftrife  will  increafe  j  the  animofities 
and  hatreds  will  become  more  and  more  rancorous ; 
and  erelong  they  will  "break  out,  and  blood  will 
touch  blood  !** 

Is  the  prevailing  infatution  a  token  of  the  divine 
difpleafure  ?   If  then  the  difpleafure  be  not  turned  away, 
what  have  we  to  exped,  but  to  drink  of  this  wine  of 
aftonilhment  even  to  the  dregs  ?  What,  but  to  become 
more  and  more  infatuated,  until,  totally  blind  to  the 
things  of  our  peace,  we  furioufly  rufli  into  ruin  !    It 
was  thus  with  the  Jews  in  the  laft  times  of  their  na- 
tional hiftory.  Thus  the  Spirit  of  prophecy  has  foretold 
It  fliould  be,  with  the  nations,  adhering  to  the  ten  horn- 
ed Beaft,  or  under  his  influence,  in  the  laft  times  of  hi» 
power.   And  have  not  awful  inftances  of  the  fulfilment, 
m  part,  of  this  prediction,  been  witncfled  in  our  day  ? 
What  but  this  fpirit  of  infatuation  was  the  ruin  of 
Holland,  of  Italy,  of  Switzerland,  of  Germany,  of 
moft  of  the  States  and  Kingdoms  of  continental  Eu- 
rope ?  They  did  not  fall  under  the  arm  of  the  conquer- 
or, till  they  had  drunken  of  this  wine,  and  were  "  mad." 
The  rulers  as  well  as  the  people  were  intoxicated. 
Iheir  councils  were  perverted,  their  arms  were  en- 
feebled 5  they  were  "  aftonied  one  with  another,"  and 
their  ruin  became  inevitable.    And  if  God  do  not 
turn  himfelf  to  us  again,  how  can  we  afliire  ourfelves, 
that  he  will  not  foon  fay,«  Behold  I  will  proceed  to  do  a 
marvellous  work  among  this  people,  even  a  marrcl- 
lous  work  and  a  wonder :  for  the  wifdom  of  their 
wife  men  fliall  perifh,  and  the  underftanding  of  their 
prudent  men  fhall  be  hid.    W©  unto  them  them  that 
leek  deepi  and  hide  their  counfel  from  the  Lord ;  and 
their  works  are  ift  the  dark,  and  they  fay,  Who  feeth 
us  ?  and  who  knoweth  us  ?     Surely  your  turning  of 
things  upfide  down  liidl  be  efteemed  ag  the  potter's 


16 

Is  the  war  a  token  of  the  divine  difpleafure  ?  What 
then  muft  be  its  progrefs,  and  what  its  iffue,  if  the 
difpleafure  be  not  turned  away  ?  We  fondly  indulge 
the  hope,  that  the  conflift  will  be  fliort,  and  the  cala- 
mities of  it  light ;  but  the  whole  difpofal  of  it  it 
with  the  Lord.  Under  his  providence,  the  courfe 
of  events  may  be  altogether  different  from  what 
-we  calculate ;  and  the  awful  appeal  which  we  have 
made,  inftead  of  iffuing  in  the  eftabliflirnent  of  our 
rights,  may  turn  to  their  utter  fubverfion.  "The 
race  is  not  to  the  fwift,  nor  the  battle  to  the  ftrong." 

The  relation  in  which  we  now  ftand  to  the  ^reat 
conflift  in  Europe,  is  not  to  be  regarded  with  hght- 
nefs.  We  fhall  deceive  ourfelves,  if  we  imagine  that 
we  Ihall  not  be  confidered  as  having  a  part  in  that 
conflia.  Firmly  refolved  as  we  may  be  to  ftand  by 
ourfelves,  and  to  carry  on  our  own  warfare,  uncon- 
trolled and  unaffifted  by  any  other  power ;  we  fliould 
certainly  lay  our  account,  that  the  mighty  power> 
under  whofe  iron  rod  all  Europe  groans,  will  regard 
us  as  a  confederate ;  and  will  employ  all  the  refources 
of  its  policy  to  connea  our  d^ftiny  indiffolubly  with 
the  deftinies  of  the  great  empire.  On  this  point  there 
can  be,  it  would  feem,  no  difcordance  of  opinion. 
Nor  can  there  be  any  difcordance  of  opinion,  in  regard 
to  the  event,  fliould  fuch  a  connexion  be  formed. 
That  terrible  power  knows  no  difference  between 
friends  and  dependents,  between  allies  and  vaffals. 

And  what  is  that  power,  but  the  Roman  empire  re- 
vived—the ten  horned  Beaft,  with  his' deadly  wound 

healed  ? "  His  deadly  wound  was  healed  ;  and  all  the 

world  wondered  after  the  Beaft."— «*  And  they  wor- 
fhipped  the  Beaft,  faying.  Who  is  like  unto  the  Beajl  t 
'ivho  is  able  to  make  war  with  him  /"-—"  The  ten  horns 
are  ten  kings,  which — receive  power  as  kings  one  hour 
ivith  the  Beaji.  Thefe  have  one  mind,  and  jhall  pve 
their  power  and  Jirength  unto  the  BeaJi"—'''  They  Jhalt 
hate  ihe  whore,  and  Jhall  make  her  defolate  and  naked, 
and  Jhall  eat  her  flejh,  and  burn  her  with  fire:*— And  I 


&i 


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Make 

come  th\ 

and  th 

and  fai 

more  e 

power 

the  Ro 

dently ; 

years  aj 

clare  itf 

againft  ■ 

though 

papal  fc 

characl:( 

avowed 

brethrei 

and  is  p 

defperat 

purfue, 

mens," 

kings  oi 

mies  fli; 

tie  of  tl 

My  b: 

prophec 

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all  peopl 

watchm; 

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and  that 

inoft  fen 


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, BEAsr,  and  the  kings  of  the  earth,  and  their  ar- 

mies  gathered  together  to  mate  war  againji  Hm  that  fat  on, 


fi 


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>  What 
e,  if  the 

indulge 
the  cala- 

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we  have 
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,  "The 
ftrong." 
lie  great 
th  hght- 
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in  that 
[land  by 
,  uncon- 
re  fliould 

POWER» 

il  regard 
refources 
bly  with 
int  there 
opinion, 
n  regard 
formed, 
between 
iflals. 
npire  r6- 
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be  Beafi  ! 
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I  hey  Jhalt 
id  nakedy 
^—And  I 
their  ar^ 
ihatfat  on 


hi  the  horfe,  and  againjl  his  anny:'—.<^  These  shall 
MAKE  n^AR  wnH  THE  Lamb,  and  the  Lamb  Jhall  over^ 
rome  them  ;  for  he  is  Lord  of  lords  and  King  of  kinffs  • 

^"?  J¥L *''^^  ^''^  '''"^  ^"^"  ^'"^  called,  and  chofen! 
and  faithful.*— Could  dcfcription,   my  brethren    be 
more  exaft  ?  or  predidion  more  diainft  ?    Is  not'the 
power  here  defignated,  while  it  has  hated  the  whore 
the  Romifh  Church,  and  made  her  ddolate,  yet  evi' 
dently  alfoat  war  with  the  Lamb?  Diditnot,but  a  few 
years  ago,  explicitly  and  in  the  face  of  the  world  de- 
clare itfelf  againft  the  King  of  kings  r.ndLord  of  lords— 
agamft  the  throne  and  "  monarchy  of  lieaven  ?"    And 
though  it  has  fince,  for  purpofes  of  {late,  put  on  the 
papal  form  of  religion,  are  we  to  fuppofc  that  its  real 
character  is  altered,  or  that  it  has  relinquiflied  its  once 
avowed  defign  to  «  crush  "  Jefus  Chrill !     No,  my 
brethren,  it  is  the  fame  infidel,  atheiilical  power  Hill  • 
and  is  purfuing,  though  now  under  cover,  the  fame 
defperate  defign.     And  this  defign  it  will  not  ceafe  to 
purfue,  until  by  the  influence  of  its  "  fpirits  of  de- 
nions,"  itsinfidious  emiifaries,  "that  go  forth  to  the 
kings  of  the  earth  and  of  the  whole  world,"  its  ar- 
mies fliall  be  aflTembled  at  Armageddon,  for  the  bat- 
tle of  the  great  day  of  God  Almighty  ! 

My  brethren,  if  there  is  a  plain  and  "  fure  word  of 
prophecy"  in  the  book  of  God,  this  is  one  ;  and  it  was 
made  plain,  becaufe  it  was  intended  as  a  warning  to 
all  people  in  thefe  lafl:  times  :— a  warning  which,  as  a 
watchman  on  the  walls  of  our  Zion,  1  am  bound,  fear- 
lefs  of  reproach,  mofl  loudly  to  proclaim.     If  it  is  pof- 
fible  that  this  nation  may  be  connected  with  the  great 
infidel  empire  of  Europe  j    the  bare  poffibility  fhould 
deeply  imprefs  our  minds  with  the  importance  of  ob- 
taining the  fpeedy  return  of  God's  favour  and  protec- 
tron.     His  own  warning  voice  proclaims,  "  Come  out 
of  her,  my  people,  that  ye  be  not  partakers  of  her  fins, 
and  that  ye  receive  not  of  her  plagues."     And  the 
moll  fervent  prayer  of  every  friend  to  him,  of  every 

*  Rev.  xiii.  3,  4.     xvii.  12,  13,  16.    xix.  19.    xvii.  14, 


friend  to  his  country,  fliould  be,  *  From  that  ^ofuf 
doom,  good  Lord  deliver  us  !'-^But, 

IV.  We  have  rcafon  to  hope,  that  the  return  of 
the  divine  favour  may  be  obtained. 

Great  as  I  view  our  fins  to  be,  and  imminent  our 
dangers ;  yet  1  am  not  of  the  number  of  thofe,  if  any 
there  are,  who  «  defpair  of  the  Republick  :*'  but  while 
mine  eyes  would  run  down  with  tears  for  the  Condi- 
tion of  my  country,  my  heart  cleaves  to  the  hope  and 
to  the  confidence,  that  the  God  of  our  fathers,  though 
difpleafed,  and  greatly  difpleafed,  has  not  utterly  for- 

faken  her.  t  ^  .^ 

Theu  hqfi  given  a  banner  tiy  them  that  feat  thee,  that  tt 
inav  be  difplayed  becaufe  of  the  truth,  David,  raifed  to- 
the  throne  in  fulfilment  of  the  divine  promife,  wa* 
the  leader  and  commander  of  Ifrael,  under  whofe  ban- 
ner the  fcattei-ed  tribes  were  reunited,  their  breaches 
Were  healed,  and  their  land  became  profperouS  an(J 

To  them  that  fear  him  in  this  land.  Cod  has  alf^ 
given  a  banner,  that  it  may  be  difplayed  becaufe  of 
the  truth.     Chrift,  of  whom  David  wais  an  eminent 
type,  was  acknowledged  by  our  fathers    as  their 
"Leader  and  Commander."  He  was  their  «  Hope," 
he  was  their  «  Saviour  in  times  of  trouble."    '*  They 
cried  unto  him  and  Were  delivered  ;  they  trufted  m 
him  and  were  not  confounded."— His  name,  my 
brethren,  is  ftill  the  glory  of  our  laud;  and  his  call  to' 
lis  is,  "  Look  unto  me,  and  be  ye  faved."    If  we 
obey  his  word,  if  we  rally  round  his  ftandard  as  the 
centre  of  our  union,  and  the  pillar  of  our  hopes,  he' 
will  affure^y  •*  deliver  us  out  of  the  hand  of  our  ene- 
mies," fave  us  from  our  dangers,  and  make  us  to  dwelt 
Jn  quiet  and  joyful  habitations.  ^^ 

Is  ours,  then,  a  defperate  cafe  ?  Degenerate  chil- 
dren as  we  are,  and  deeply  as  we  have  revolted  from 
God  ;  yet  is  there  not  a  precious  number  in  our  latid, 
who  remember  him  ftill,  and  who  will  hear  his  voice? 
They  muft  be  the  firft  to  rally  round  the  ftandard. 
To  them  the  banner  is  given,  and  they  muft  difplay 
it.    By  all  that  is  dear  to  them :— by  the  welfare  of 


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das  alfb* 
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If 

their  families  and  of  their  country,  by  the  honour  of 
their  Lord  and  Saviour,  by  the  peace  and  profperity 
of  Zion,  by  the  Wood  of  their  redemption  and  their 
hopes  for  eternity,  the  call  is  urged  home  to  their 
liearts,  to  ccafe  from  ftrife  and  from  difcord  among 
themfelves ;  to  lay  afide  aU  wrath,  and  clamour,  and 
evil  foeakmgi   to  love  as  brethren,  forbearing  one 
anQther,  and  forgiving  one  another ;    and  to  fliew 
thcmfelves  in  true  charadcr,  as  the  difciples  of  Chrift, 
as  foldier^j  of  "the  Captain  of  falvation."     United 
under  ;his  banner,  they  muft  "  take  unto  them  the 
whale  armour  of  God,  that  they  may  be  able  to  with- 
Jtand  in  the  evil  day,  and  having  done  all  to  ftand.** 
They  muft  "  ftand,  having  their  toins  girt  about  with 
truth,  and  having  on  the  breaftplate  of  righteoufnefs  ; 
Rnd  their  feet  fhod  with  the  preparation  of  the  gofpel 
of  peace.     Over  all  they  muft  take  up  the  fhield  of 
faith,  with  which  they  will  be  aWe  to  quench  all  the 
*ery  darts  of  the  wicked.    And  they  muft  take  the 
the  helmet  of  ialvation,  and  the  fword  of  the  Spirit, 
M^hich  is  the  word  of  God :  praying  always  with  all 
prayer  and  fupplication  in  the  Spirit,  and  watching 
thereunto  with  aU  pcrfeverance."-^Ycs,  with    one 
heart  and  one  mouth,they  muft  lift  up  the  fervent  and 
MiceiTant  prayer,  «  Spare  thy  people,  O  Lord,  and  give 
pot  thme  heritage  to  reproach."   «  We  have  heard  thy 
fpeech,  and  were  afraid  :  O  Lord,  revive  thy  work  in 
the  midft  of  the  years,  in  the  midft  of  the  years  make 
l^nown  ;  in  wrath  remember  mercy." 

Will  not  all  good  men  do  this  ?  By  whatever  dif. 
tent  names  they  may  have  been  called,  will  they  not 
gU  unite  under  this  banner  j  and  let  their  motto  be 

one,  «FoR  Christ  and  our  Country!' If  they 

will,  God  will  be  entreated  for  our  land.  He  will 
turn  himfelf  to  us  again,  and  "  remember  for  us  hi$ 
former  loving  kindnefs,  and  tender  mercies."  «  The 
Spirit  will  be  poured  out  from  on  high  j"  hundreds 
and  thoufands  will  flock  to  the  ftandard ;  "truth  fliall 
fpring  out  of  the  earth,  and  righteoufnefs  fliall  look 
^own  from  heaven ;"  «  and  the  work  of  righteoufnefs 
ithall  be  peace,  and  the  effed  of  righteouihefs,  quietne^^ 


r' 


?/ 


f>  I 


«0 

and  fecurity."    Cod  will  dwell  in  the  midft  of  us  j 
^^"rl  m  akeolr  land  as  "  a  ftrong  city  ;  and  wi    appoint 
H  vad  n  for  walls  and  bulwarks."     He  will  dilpofc 
our  enemies  to  be  at  peace  with  us,  and  us  to  be  at 
c  cc  >^Sl^  them  ;  or  elfe,  if  he  call  us  to  vindicate  our 
ii^h^s   n   he  high  places  of  the  field,  he  will  «  go  forth 
^    our  armie?,  cover  their  heads  in  the  day  of  bat- 
tk  "  and  ffive  to  them  the  fong  of  viaory.    He     will 
rclloreouf  judges  as  at  the  firil,  and  our  counfellors 
'is  at  the  beginning;"  "andwifdom  and  knowledge 
Jhall  b   the  flabiUt^  of  our  times  and  ftrength  of  fal- 
vation,  and  the  fear  of  the  Lord  our  treafure.  -"Hap- 
py  is  the  people  that  is  in  fuch  a  cafe ;  happy  is  th<j 
people  whofe  God  is  Jehovah.'' 

My  friends,  the  ftandard  is  lifted  up  ;  the  banner  ij 
aifplayed:   the  only  banner  by  which  you,  or  your 
country,  can  be  faved.     Will  you  repair  to  this  ilan, 
Srd"    Will  you  enlift  under  Chrift  as  your  "  Leader 
and  Commander  ?' wSay  not,  *  It  will  avail  nothing, 
as  it  regards  thefafety  of  the  country,  for  us  to  enhft, 
un lefs  others  will/     If  it  avail  nothmg  for  the  fafe^Y 
of  the  country,  it  wUl  affure  your  own  fafety  for  tm  e 
and  eternity.    Befides,  who  rather  than  you,  fhould 
be  firft  to  enlift  ?   and  who  can  tell  how  extenfive 
how  numerous  the  enliftment  may  be?    The  fame 
banner  is  difplayed,  and  will  be  difplayed,  m  the  differ- 
,nt  parts  of  our  land ;  and  thoufands  on  thoufands,  we 
truft    will  volunteer  under  it.     Delay   not,  then  j 
but  prefs  forward  for  the  firft  honours  of  the  fervice 
lio  vou  alk  to  have  the  terms  of  enliftment,  and  the 
Sities  of  the  fervice  explained  ?    I  will  briefly  explair^ 

'^Inhen  you  would  enlift  under  the  banner  of  the 
Prince  of  peace,  you  muft  utterly  renounce  the  ier- 
V  ce  of  his^  vet;rL  Adverfary  You  rnuft  renounce 
fin  You  muft  "  deny  ungodlinefs,  and  every  wodd- 
fv  iuft ;"  and  refolve  to  "  Uve  foberly  and  "glueoufiy, 
7nd  pioufly  in  the  world."  And  you  muft  refign 
;ourFresLrefervedlytohim,intowhofefervi^^^^^^^^^ 
Inter.    You  muft  believe  in  him  as  the  Squ  of  th« 


21 


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of  bat- 

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ot  fal- 
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^  is  th^ 


inner  is 
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lis  ilan-» 
'  Leader 
lothing, 
to  enlilt, 
tie  fafety 
for  time 
I,  Ihovild 
xtenfive, 
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he  differ- 
fands,  we 
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e  fervice. 
,  and  the 
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renounce 
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luft  refign 
[ervice  you 
Squ  of  tha 


'f 


IHgheft,  the  Prince  of  the  kings  of  the  earth,  to 
whom  angels,  principalities  and  powers  arc  fubjcct  j 
**  in  whom  are  all  the  treafures  of  vvildom  and  know- 
ledge," who  is  "  mighty  to  fave,'*  and  who  will  allur- 
cdly  conduct  his  followers  to"  glory  and  honour,  and 
immortality."  Thcfe  are  the  terms  of  enlillment ; 
and  correfpondent  with  thefe  are  the  duties  of  the 
fervice. 

Having  entered  the  fervice,  implicit  obedience  to 
your  Commander  will  always  be  indifpenfablc.  You 
will  hold  yourfelves  no  more  at  liberty  to  walk  "  in 
the  way  of  your  own  hearts,  or  the  fight  of  your 
own  eyes  j''  no  more  at  liberty  to  regulate  your  de- 
portment, or  converfation,  by  the  culloms,  or  max- 
ims, or  courfe  of  this  world ;  but  taking  the  facred 
manual  given  you  by  Chrift,  the  fcriptures  of  truth, 
for  your  diredory,  by  this  perfeft  ftandard,  ail  your 
opinions  and  all  your  aftions  muft  be  formed.  Love 
to  God  and  love  to  men  muft  rule  in  your  hearts  ; 
and  the  glory  of  God,  the  honour  of  Chrift,  and  the 
highcft  good  of  men,  all  which  unite  in  one,  muft 
evermore  be  held  in  view,  as  your  ultimate  objeft. 

You  will  love  your  country,  and  feek  her  profperi- 
ty.  *' Submitting  yourfelves  to  every  ordinance  of 
man  for  the  Lord's  fake,"  you  will  "  render  unto  all 
their  dues  :  tribute  to  whom  tribute  is  due  ;  cuftom  to 
whom  cuftom  ;  fear  to  whom  fear  ;  honour  to  whom 
honour."  But  you  will  ferve  your  country,  only  un- 
der the  banner  of  Chrift.  You  will  hold  it  as  a  fure 
and  facred  maxim,  that  *'  except  He  keep  the  city, 
the  watchmen  watch  in  vain  ;  if  he  be  not  the  fun  and 
the  fhield  of  the  nation,  our  deareft  rights,  and  li- 
berties, and  interefts,  muft  be  in  conftant  jeopardy. 
**  Ceafing  from  man  then,  whofe  breath  is  in  his  nol- 
trils,"  you  will  put  no  confidence  for  fafety  in 
princes  or  rulers,  any  farther  than  their  mculures 
fliall  appear  to  be  conformable  to  the  eternal  princi- 
ples of  truth  and  right.  Neither  will  your  confidence 
reft  in  the  boafted  wifdom  and  virtue  of  the  na- 
tion ;  in  our  civil  inftitutions,  excellent  as  they  are  ; 
in  our  local  fituation,  remote  from  the  feats  of  Euro- 


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^w»«(.  '■'/"'Vr"*, he  Wonderful,  the  Comn.ei- 

"""tll^MLHTV  G0D7.he  P..NCE  OF  PeaCE,"  »  ««- 

^rfit  ^rioTo"".ur  .  untry    and  to  wh.ujvc'  <««. 
«^f  arduous  duty  J""  l'' ^liSa^s  "  o^u'yo«. 

"thSr« '^e  however,  in  your  <^^^'^ 

^"^V'  w^   w"ofe  you  »e,  and  whom  you  fave. 

i„  the  time  -^^"'^'^^V^l^mlC^M  «'«!- 
Cr'^d'h^t'tli^^oemy,"  you  wiU  rcm^bej 
that  his  command  ia,"X,.«y.Hr  «/«».«;     "»'*'• 
;t'ever  imagine  '^^  grh^.K^VS'l^tS 
lo  your  couotry,  confito '»/'"'.'i*°„  "WetDrifes  of 

Ihan  thofe  of  neceffity  and  mercy,  f      "-  ?' Jf  ,„^ 
Sntion      And  the  P"f-at»n  °f    h.  ^^^^ 

?^'Sfcrfli^plce-■;;^w§Ifeelit  in^UL^t  0« 
;'?u,%  =Sl  fultS  meL  to  check,  and  a.iar  a.  pot 
iible  to  fupprels. 


tVtB0i 

hearu 
[y  put 
orcign 

tE   TO 

e.   But 

in  evc- 
:  fceae« 
ly*  •♦  be 
:  yaur- 
r— id- 
U  haUl 

J  of  pri« 
>l»ces  of 
I,  at  na 
m  forve. 

if  then 

y  neigh- 
smcmbcr 

nor  wiU 
true  lov€ 
sr  nation, 
prifes  o£ 
►rovfi;  ia 
>u  in  t^ft 

you  wlft 

ruppofing. 
I  difpenfjb- 
ifabbath-; 
rns,  other 
;€  your  atf. 
'  ^th,  that 
Jy  grow-. 
unbent  oa 
.far  as  jKrf» 


'»" 


Ifot  wSl  you  forget  the  exprefs  order  of  your  Com* 
jfiandcr  in  chief,  ^ Swear  not  at  all:"—**  take  not  ihg 
name  of  the  Lord  thy  God  in  vain.**  Not  only  will  y  (^u 
refrain  im)ft  facrcdly  yourfelves,  from  every  breachi 
of  this  order  \  but  you  wilJ  fet  your  far«?s,  firmly  and 
efficiently,  agahift  the  audacious,  the  heaven  daring 
profanenefs  and  blafphemy,  with  which  our  ftrcms» 
and  corner*,  and  wharves  inccffantly  ring,  and  which 
is  continually  afcending,  for  judgment,  to  the  ears  of 
the  Lord  of  fabbaoth !  .     .         , 

Another  order  of  the  fame  high  authonty  is :  •*  Lte 
not  one  unto  another  ;  bat  Jpeak  every  man  truth  unto  his 
neighbour.*'  Never,  then,  can  you  admit,  never  care 
you  tolerate  the  delufion,  the  pernicious  dcftrine,  that 
lithet  the  divine  glory  or  the  good  of  your  country  is  ti> 
be  promoted  by  Wifehood,  or  by  a  finifter  fuppreffion  of 
truth.  Nor  will  you  ceafe,  m  thefe  evil  tinies,  to 
charge  your  confciences,  on  this  fubjeft,  moft  folemn- 
ly  before  God  ;  left  by  rejoicing  in  the  cxpcded  iuc- 
cefs  of  a  lie,  or  by  connivance  at  falfchood,  you  be- 
come unawares  partakers  of  the  guilt. 

"  Let  all  your  things  be  done  with  charity**  is  another 
general  order  of  great  comprehenfion  :  one  which,  ia 
tiie  prefent  divided  ftate  of  public  opinion,  demands 
very  fpecial  attention.    Differences  of  opinion  muft 
be  expe^ed  to  exift  ;  and  the  right  of  all  freely  to  ex- 
prefs, and  honeftly  to  maintain  their  opinions,  no  en- 
lightened friend  of  tru^h,  or  of  his  country,  can  dil- 
puto,  or  wifli  to  abridge.    But  this  right  fliould  al- 
ways,  and  efpecially  at  a  time  like  the  prefent,  be  ex- 
ercifed  with  charity.    The  folemn  and  fearful  ftate  of 
our  country  fliould  bring  every  one  to  a  ferious  and 
thoughtful  paufc.    llie  man  is  mad,  who  refolvc* 
that  lie  will  not  ice,  otherwife  than  he  has  feen. 
Rather  ihonld  he  fit  down,  and  difpaffionately  and  de-- 
i   llberatdy  examine  the  grounds  on  which  his  opinions 
reft,  and  the  ends  for  which  they  are  maintained. 
TLe  love  of  country  and  the  fear  of  God  fliould  re- 
ftrain  every  one,  from  yieldmg  his  judgment  to  the 
control  of  his  paflions  j  from  aclins  upon  the  pre- 
pofterous  maxim,  that  nothing  v.hich  does  not  favour 


,.  views,  and  --7  ^^\^^^^'^ 
ed-,  from  anfwering  a bfta^nn^^^^  i  .^^^  ^^ 

gry  denunciation.     \^f^r      preiudice  to  candour. 
Ion  niuft  give  place  to  leafonPJ^^^^^    ^^^  ^^^^^^ 

bitternefs  to  chanty,  delulion  ^ 

views  to  the  pubhc  good.  ^^  ^  fo^ver  things  are  ' 
Under  Chnft,  ma  ^v"^^',  J^^^  whatfoever  things  <  « 
true,  xvhatfoever  thmg^j^f^  7"'"'  p^re,  whatfoever 
Z  aft,  f^t":;hatSr  king's  ar'e  of  good  re- 
things  are  lovely,  "^^^'^^  ^f  ti°rc  be  any  praife, 
port;  if  there  t';J> JJ^'.^ely  confukr,''  and  inva- 
th^fe  tlungs  you  will  ^"e"t.ve  y  ^^^  ^^.^  .^  ^^^^ 

riably  praclife.     A^^'i^^^\^^^'^  J,^^  'u  mull  keep  your 

duty  or  falter  \^y«^X  ^y  on  ^m  with  unwa- 
eves  on  your  divine  Uade^  rey      ^^^^^^  .eludancc 

v^ring  affiance  and  ^^^^^^  ^^^^^^^^  you  may  do  all 
and  without  fear.  ,^^  ^"'^ '« 'Jiquerors,  and  more 
things;   he  >vdl  .^^I'^^^fi,^,  foreword  is,  "To  him 

-CS;;ds,are  you  co^erned  for^V- -^^^ 

,0  /ou,  aefire  her  we^^^^^^^  J^^^  this  llandard  , 
banner  here  difj  la^ed  ,  join  ^^  ^^  ^^ 

.,nd  it  will  not  be  y^ur  tault,^t  y  ^^^.^.^   ^,. 

f,fc  and  happy.  ^"4  "^,^,  ^he  whole  nation,  that 
liavd,  I  would  P-^-^,,;\^;%Tfafety  and  happi; 
tins  is  the  way  ana  ^^^  "^^  j,  ^/,/,  ;..  ..  /^^ 

«ef3.-''  0  /..»y^  ^/  f'f^Zlold.  ^s  the  clay  is  tn  the 
Uer^s  hand  fo  are    e  mnme  .  ^^^ 

\4t  -ivhat  ivjUnt  I  fPff"'J'p'ull  down,  and  to  de/iroy 
tnga  k,r.^dom,io  pluck  np^P^   ^^^^  need    turn 

,,t.  if  that  nau.n.  -f ''f JJJ;,,  ,,;/  that  I  thought  to  do 

/-"  'Zrh^:^^:tlr.  unto ..,  and  l^Ul  return 
tinto  tiJiiiiu  ,^ »' 


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are 

ings     '  ' 
ever 
d  re- 
raife, 
inva- 
your 
your 
mwa- 
[tance 
do  all 

more 
ohim 
me  in 

mtry  ? 
kr  the 
p.dard  ; 
be  not 
)ic:   br- 
n,  that 
1  happi- 
as  this 
s  in  the 
)f  Ifraeh 
'  concern- 
to  dejlroy 
:edi  turn 
ight  to  do 
nil  return 


